Do you find yourself more interested in the backstory of your character? The lore more appealing than the main plot? If you're loaded up on character details but that's all you've got for a storyline, we take a step into the Story Kitchen to figure out what makes a good backstory and what makes too much of a mess.

We also look at how the show LOST excelled at delivering us backstory in a way that bolstered up the main story, and what we can learn from it.